Smart Green Infrastructure: How To Grow Sustainable Cities

Andy Lipkis, Founder and President of TreePeople, describes how this organization has pioneered an integrated approach to managing urban ecosystems as watersheds in the Los Angeles region. This involves strategic tree planting, tree-mimicking technologies, and community engagement to generate multiple solutions to the environmental threats facing our cities, including ensuring a sustainable water supply, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, preventing water and air pollution, fostering stronger neighborhoods, and creating jobs. For a summary of TreePeople's six demonstration projects that are now collecting 1.25 million gallons of water every time it rains 1" in Los Angeles, visit www. treepeople.org. Video Going to Green: Planting Seeds of Change with Community Forestry produced by the Media & Policy Center Foundation for PBS.

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[UniversalGoddess]

This video and the information given in its short fifteen minutes needs to be seen by everyone in the U.S. and particularly by those threatened by "drought" in the south west areas. We have the solutions to our dilemmas - where is Mainstream Media - place these kinds of stories on your front pages and make headline news with the solutions to our problems and do humanity some good!

[TheSustainableVision]

Wow! Just an amazing concept that all of North America should take notice of.

[shafaki]

I hope we can do something similar in Egypt, except that we don't have any significant rain.

[gaiavoice]

So inspiring to see common sense working for change, brilliant!

[caliwldfire]

IMpractical 

[Arg817]

The first green to make sense.....sounds educated. LA must be massive. I like a practical thinker. His work sounds effective.

[lastormwaterprogram]

Thank you Andy Lipkis and the members of TreePeople for taking on the challenge of preventing water pollution and ensuring a sustainable water supply! To learn more ways you can prevent stormwater pollution and protect our ocean check out lastormwater. info

[lastormwaterprogram]

Thank you Andy Lipkis and the members of TreePeople for taking on the challenge of preventing water pollution and ensuring a sustainable water supply! To learn more ways you can prevent stormwater pollution and protect our ocean check out lastormwater.info

[jbabin12686]

RESPECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! from north San Fran

[1nessism]

amen, sister caroline!

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